Over the course of one year, the sun moves between Earth and different 13 constellations. The Babylonians determined that only 12 constellations could find in a calendar year, so they left off the thirteenth sign, Ophiuchus. Recently NASA re-acknowledged

The best way to defend yourself against a shark is to punch its nose. To improve your chances of surviving a shark attack, we spoke with George Burgess, director of the Florida Program for Shark Research and manager of the International Shark Attack File.

Louisiana's coastline is sinking faster than all the other contiguous 47 states, combined. This means that Louisiana's shape does not look like the boot you might see on your grade school map. As the coastline continues to sink, it threaten's the entire n

There are many different ways a multiverse might exist. But can you travel to these different universes? Columbia University physicist Brian Greene explains if it would even be possible. Science Insider tells you all you need to know about science: space,

The Thylacine, aka Tasmanian tiger, was thought to go extinct in 1936. However, a research team at Australia's James Cook University hopes this is not the case. They are installing cameras across areas where supposed sightings have occurred. If captured,

Even if you are lactose intolerant, certain types of cheese are safe to eat. This mostly includes aged cheese like Swiss, blue, and cheddar. We spoke with Michael Tunick, author of "The Science of Cheese," to learn about how you can find your best options

We use over-the-counter drugs daily to easy bodily pain. These medications include Advil, Tylenol, Aleve, and Aspirin. But are we actually using the right medication for our discomforts? Science Insider tells you all you need to know about science: space,

Colonizing Mars might be the best chance to ensure the human species survival in the future. In order to adapt to Mar’s hostile living conditions, our bodies will evolve in ways that might end up with a completely new species of human. Science Insider tel

We all know the harmful effects of the sun touching our skin, so we ready ourselves with sunscreen to block the rays. But what about our eyes? What would happen if we happened to stare directly at the sun? Tech Insider tells you all you need to know abou

Octopuses are unlike any other organism on Earth. They can regrow limbs, change colors whenever they want, and use tools to their advantage. But perhaps the most unique thing an octopus can do is edit its RNA. By editing their RNA, octopuses make temporar

Hamsters can stuff their cheeks with up to 20% of their body weight. Most of the time, they fill their cheeks with food, but sometimes mother hamsters store their babies in their cheeks for protection. Hamster cheeks contain pouches that resemble small de

Next time you're going to town on a stringy diner grilled cheese sandwich, take a good deep look into the cheesy golden-yellow abyss. What is that stuff anyway? USDA research chemist Michael Tunick takes look at what goes into making processed cheese like

Yogurt is a popular type of food due to its supposed health benefits. However, it might not be as healthy as it is advertised. An award-winning science journalist and the author of "I Contain Multitudes", Ed Yong, explains the myth around the benefits of

The image of a man falling to his death helped Einstein uncover some of the biggest scientific breakthroughs in physics. Columbia University's theoretical physicist, Brian Greene, explains how this morbid concept became what Albert Einstein called the hap

Calories add up real fast, and burning them off takes a lot longer than eating them. For example, it would take 13 minutes of running to burn off a 12 oz soda or an hour of walking to burn off a cinnamon roll. Science Insider tells you all you need to kno

What would happen if Earth became 2ºC (4.6ºF) warmer? Sea levels will likely rise by 1.6 feet and cause coastlines to flood worldwide. Heat waves would intensify and damage crop growth. And coral reefs would die off. There's a 95% chance this will happen

Ever wonder why some people have never had any trouble with acne, while others have been plagued with it? It's because of the bacteria that resides within our skin. Some people have bacteria strains that protect against acne while others have strains that

Maintaining a healthy weight can seem difficult at times, but it's worth the effort. When your body weight increases past a healthy amount, your body is damaged in various ways. The weight puts extra pressure on your joints and slows your metabolism. It a

If you leave a splinter in for too long, you risk a dangerous infection. Splinters are made of natural materials so there's a greater chance that they'll carry bacteria or fungi. Remove the splinter as soon as possible and then disinfect the wound to prev

Taxicabs are yellow because the bright color allows for greater visibility. Singapore compared accident rates between their blue taxi cabs and yellow taxicabs. Yellow cabs were 5% less likely to get rear-ended during the daytime, and 19% less likely to be

If you measure from base to summit, Mount Everest is actually the world's second tallest mountain. The first is Mauna Kea—a one million-year-old dormant volcano in Hawaii. The peak of Mauna Kea is only 13,802 feet above sea level, but its base spreads dee

Do you ever wonder if there's a difference between sugar and all those artificial sweeteners you put in your coffee? The main difference is sweetness. Artificial sweeteners like Splenda and Sweet'N Low are actually hundreds of times sweeter than sugar. Sc

A lot of people wonder why time moves towards the future rather than towards the past. It's because we live in the aftermath of a very influential event—the Big Bang—and that expanding process is nowhere near complete. Science Insider tells you all you ne

If you wanted to fall through Earth, you would need to build an airless vacuum straight through the core. Gravity would take you from one side of the planet to the next within forty minutes. Just be sure to wear a space suit so the intense heat doesn't bu

The Big Bang is not the beginning of the universe, it is the end of our theoretical understanding of space and time. Prior to the Big Bang, we just don't know what existed. It's possible that our universe came from another universe entirely. Science Insid

Captain America's shield follows the law of elastic collisions. This means that whenever the shield hits an object, its speed does not change. It would be impossible for the average human to control a shield like this, but because Captain America is a sup

The easiest way to get rid of bad breath is to brush your teeth at night and to drink lots of water, according to an American Dentist Association spokesperson. When your mouth is dry, food and bacteria tend to sit in your mouth for a much longer time. Thi

No matter if it's popcorn you've ordered at the theaters or that you've cooked in the microwave, there always seems to be leftover kernels that didn't pop. Physicist and author of "Storm in a Teacup: The physics of everyday life," Helen Czerski, explains

Frogs are lightning fast at catching their prey, and it's all thanks to their secret weapon: spit. Normally a frog's spit is thick like honey, but as the frog attacks, the spit liquefies. That liquid substance wraps around the prey then solidifies again,

Ever wondered how much sugar is in a can of soda? We boiled three types of soda—Ginger Ale, Coca Cola, and Diet Coke—to see how much sugar there actually was. The sugar caramelized into black gooey clumps for both the ginger ale and coca cola, while the d

What happens when you eat too much sugar? According to Robert Lustig, the author of "The Hacking Of The American Mind," the liver is the only organ that can metabolize sugar. Consuming too much of the sweet substance can cause your liver to build a resist

Robert Lustig, a sugar expert and professor of both pediatrics and endocrinology, explains the problem with fruit smoothies. Fruits are composed of two types of fibers" soluble and insoluble. Both are beneficial to your health, particularly the health of

A pair of rare white giraffes were been spotted in Kenya. The rare animals — a mother and baby — were discovered by villagers near the Ishaqbini conservancy in Garissa, eastern Kenya. The giraffes are this colorr because of a condition called leucism. It'

Boris and Natasha follow a certain moose and squirrel to Paris, France! Will it be au revoir for Rocky and Bullwinkle? Find out in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video! amazon.com/rockyandbullwinkle Follow DreamWorks

Get ready to squeal because we're about to go hog wild for 5 adorable facts about PIGS!! From tatoos to swim team, we have everything you need to know about one of the smartest, cutest animals, the PIG!! Tune in each week for 5 crazy, cool, epic, awesome,

It might surprise you to hear that we spend about 1/3 of our lives asleep! But how come? Why do we need to sleep nightly and what would happen if you NEVER slept again?? Welcome to COLOSSAL QUESTIONS, the show that answers all of life's most pressing ques

In Quebec, Canada, there's a town called Asbestos. It's an alarming name, one that conjures up images of lung disease and mesothelioma. So now that the town's asbestos mine, once the largest asbestos mine in the world, has closed... why haven't they chang

US Car Number 1, the Ferdinand Magellan, sits in the Gold Coast Railway Museum in Miami. It's 120 tonnes of bulletproof, armoured railcar: a train carriage designed to move the President of the United States around the country in safety and style. At leas

Have you ever tried to write or color with both hands at the same time? It seems like it would save a ton of time, right? But for most people, one of their hands is way better at drawing or writing than the other! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to

Researchers created an amazing 3D map of a retina with imaging from the back of a mouse’s eye. Scientists crowdsourced the eye map with the help of online gamers. The resulting "museum" shows the features that process visuals are more complex than we’ve e

A Rube Goldberg machine uses cause and effect to do a simple task in a very complicated way. Kinetic artist Joseph Herscher is an expert in these machines. He's built contraptions like a stamp licker and a machine to turn the pages of a newspaper, and her

Wang Runxi is taking on one of the most challenging bike routes in China. He's 12 years old, fresh out of elementary school, and doing the ride in the name of father-son bonding. It's part of his dad's parenting philosophy: Intense sports help build chara

Aerones, a Latvian startup, designed a giant industrial cleaning drone. Cleaning wind turbines and grain storage drums is often done by helicopters, but it's expensive. This drone does it for a lot less money. Aerones is still in its incubator phase (it's

Every wonder why oranges, lemons, and limes spray a small mist when you peel them? That’s the question researchers at the University of Central Florida have been asking for the past eight years. They shot this footage of exploding citrus oils accelerating

This drone has a origami-inspired, robotic arm that is attached to its base. It was created at Seoul National University, and can be used to pick up objects midair. It's also possible to equip the gripper with a camera. It's weird-looking, but scientists

Levi's goes to great lengths to give their jeans an aged, vintage look. Their newest method creates "broken in" jeans in about 90 seconds. Using lasers. In the past, Levi's pre-aged jeans were the product of human workers,, a process that took a lot of el

Emergency responders often take extreme risks to brave hazardous situations. Now, scientists at the Italian Institute of Technology have built a robot they might be able to send in their place. SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/kdDpXu FOLLOW QUARTZ: Facebook: htt

Between Music, a band from Denmark, spent 10 years preparing for an underwater concert, with all performers completely submerged. They had to invent new techniques and some entirely new instruments that would work underwater. The result is eerie music tha

Using a technique called "time reversal," researchers at Brigham Young University were able to knock over Lego figures using nothing but sound waves. The researchers hope that the compelling demonstration will inspire new uses for the technology. SUBSCRIB

Dell and the actress Nikki Reed launched a jewelry collection made with gold recycled from computers (any kind, not just Dells). The older the computer the better, because older models actually contain more gold. SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/kdDpXu FOLLOW QU

A short drive from the Olympic games in Pyeongchang, South Korea is hosting another winter sporting event: Alpine skiing with robots. Eight teams from universities and companies competed. Each team sent a completely autonomous humanoid down a 70-meter-lo

Check out our other journeys through geologic time here : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6K9w_UbfFSFIpEU9VMavTM5MIbOAiW5 After taking you on a journey through geologic time, we've arrived at the Cenozoic Era. Most of the mammals and birds that y

Have you ever wondered why it gets so foggy in San Francisco in the summertime? Summer fog is common in the San Francisco Bay Area and on the coastline of California, and it's caused by a few different factors working together. Along the California coast,

The energy released in an earthquake ranges over many orders of magnitude. Earthquakes are measured on a magnitude scale that is exponential: Each additional unit multiplies the energy released by 32. In this Snack, breaking spaghetti creates a “pasta mag

Are there earthquakes on Mars? Or rather, “marsquakes?" Quakes on Earth happen many times a day, largely due to continental plates shifting as they float on the mantle below. That’s called “plate tectonics.” Mars doesn’t seem to have plate tectonics, but

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Here you can see the oldest photographs in the world. The people lived in a world without electricity, cars, airplanes and trains were just invented. These rare old photos were taken in the early 1800's and even have a person born in 1746.

The earliest celluloid film was shot by Louise Le Prince using the Le Prince single-lens camera made in 1888. It was taken in the garden of the Whitley family house in Oakwood Grange Road, Roundhay, a suburb of Leeds, Yorkshire, Great Britain, possibly on

Today we test the front engined Power Wheels go kart for top speed. We clocked in at 72 MPH and got a 16 second quarter mile and a 0 to 60 in 6 seconds. We had a blast building this Barbie car go kart. We will post more build videos and Power Wheels mod v

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Check out our NEW POSTER: https://store.dftba.com/products/eons-poster At the beginning of the Triassic Period, with the continents locked together from pole-to-pole in the supercontinent of Pangea, the world is hot, flat, and very, very dry. But then 234

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We live in a beautiful world, and these amazing facts will blow your mind. Subscribe, it's free! http://bit.ly/asapsci What If Humans Disappeared? https://youtu.be/guh7i7tHeZk Created by: Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown Written by: Rachel Salt, Greg Bro

The saffron war of 1374 lasted 14 weeks driven by a notion that the spice could cure plague. It can’t. But people lost their heads over it. It’s not just gold, diamonds, and oil we cherish and plunder. Seemingly benign commodities—whether it’s medicinal t

Elmo has planted a tiny apple tree seed and is excited for it to grow big and tall. But right now it's small and needs lots of water, sunshine, and love! -- Subscribe to the Sesame Street Channel here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=S

Elmo loves dinosaurs! In this full episode, Elmo is wishing he could have his own pet dinosaur to take care of and love! But dinosaurs lived a long time ago and no longer exist. Will Elmo be able to find a new dinosaur to play with? -- Subscribe to the Se